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8 Cards in this Set
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Abandonment
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A health professionals failure to stay with a patient and provide care, expecially when there is an implied contract to do so
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Accountability
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Accepting responsibility for one's actions. In a professional context, this means that role and actions accepted by an individual within the context of there I'll give patients require the person to accept responsibility for the consequences of carrying out those task.
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Administrative laws
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Laws created by an agency or a department of the US government
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Advance directive
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A document in which a person gives instructions about his or her medical care in the event that the individual cannot speak for himself or herself. Examples are a living will and a medical power of attorney.
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Damages
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Money awarded in a civil lawsuit to compensate the injured party.
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Defamation
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A derogatory statement concerning another person skill, character or reputation.
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Delegation
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The Simon of 1 duties to another person. In medicine, the person who deligates a duty romantic and ability for the actions other person to whom it is delegated.
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Deposition
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The testimony of a witness is given under oath and transcribed by a court reporter during the pretrial phase of a civil lawsuit.
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